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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Full Marathon this 2012--- an item to cross in my bucket list

With my work as a nurse, it's hard for me to follow a strict marathon
training schedule---YES. I AM PREPARING FOR A MARATHON. It's one of the things
I want to cross out on my bucket list this year. *fingers crossed!

Training for a Marathon is difficult especially when your work demands rigorous
physical activities most of the time--- running from one patient to another to
attend on their needs, preparing for their medication and giving them on time,
doing vitals and if you're having a bad hair day, responding to a CODE. After a
work's day you'll find yourself bone tired from all the work and find yourself
skipping on your scheduled workout. To make things worse, if you are working in
a country such as Saudi Arabia, you will not be able to run outside in your
regular running clothes especially if you are a woman. Remember, women here
wear Abaya, a black outer garment that looks more like a black cloak to keep
women's figure and faces hidden especially from males unrelated to them by
blood or marriage. Lucky for me, my housing compound has a 1 km running path. I
still can run even if I'd just go round and round… It's better than to have none.

It's good that there are running sites that I can look into the net
(Runner's World is such a big help!). From there, I pick some tips and
suggestions on how to prepare and train for any run. Be it a 5k, a Pikermi or a
Full Mary. I try to follow their tips on good nutrition, proper hydration, shoes & gears, cross
training and exercises that may help in my training and in preventing injury
while training.

For those Running Nurses who were able to do a full Mary, what are your
suggestions and tips for me? Feel free to post. It would be my pleasure and it
will surely be a very big HELP.

Help me cross out one item in my bucket list! =)

"In running, it doesn't matter whether you come in first, in the middle of the pack, or last. You can say, 'I have finished.' There is a lot of satisfaction in that."